I ka manawa 19th o ka Antiquities and Urban Heritage in Arab World Conference, i mālama ʻia ma Riyadh, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Professor Ali Al Ghaban, hope pelekikena o ka Saudi Commission of Tourism and Antiquities '(SCTA) Antiquities and Museums Sector, ua hoʻolaha ke Aupuni. e paio ikaika aku i na mea kahiko i ke kanawai, me ke ku e aku i na mea kahiko i kanawai ole ma ke Aupuni. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Prof. Ghaban ʻaʻole e hoʻokaʻawale ʻo Saudi Arabia i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke kālepa kolohe i nā ʻāpana archaeological, kahi e hōʻeha nui ai i nā wahi mōʻaukala.
ʻO kaʻaha kūkā i mālamaʻia ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo, "ʻO kaʻeliʻana i ke kānāwai a me ke kālepa hewaʻole i nā mea kahiko," i'ōleloʻia i kāna hālāwai pani e hoʻokumu nā'āina Arab i kahi moʻolelo kikohoʻe o kā lākou mau mea kahiko a hōʻoia i ka hoʻololiʻana i nāʻike ma ka honua Arab e kākau i ka hoʻoilina hoʻoilina. Ua koʻikoʻi ka ʻaha kūkā i ke koʻikoʻi o ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o nā hui honua a me nā ʻāina lālā no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā mea kahiko i ʻaihue ʻia i nā ʻāina ʻē, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kōkua kūikawā iā Kuwait e kiʻi hou i kāna mau relics i nalowale i ke kaua awāwa, me ka hōʻike ʻana i ka pōʻino o ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu o Gaza. ua hala.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Prof. Ghaban i kahi pepa āna i kamaʻilio ai i ka wehewehe a me nā ʻāpana o ka ʻeli ʻana i ke kānāwai, e like me ka ʻeli ʻana i nā waiwai i manaʻo ʻia, ka ʻeli ʻana i nā mea waiwai, ka ʻeli ʻana i nā wahi archaeological no ka hoʻohana hou ʻana, a me ka hōʻino ʻana i nā wahi archaeological no ke kumu o ke kūkulu ʻana a no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale a me ka mahiʻai. . Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Prof. Ghaban he nui nā hoʻolālā hoʻomohala ʻana o SCTA e pili ana i kāna ʻoihana kahiko a me nā hale hōʻikeʻike, e koi ana i ka nui o ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā kamaʻāina Saudi i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻoilina a me ka mālama ʻana. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i nā ʻano hana o ke kālepa hewa ʻole i nā mea kahiko a kuhikuhi i nā ala kūpono e hoʻoponopono ai i kēia ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lula o ka honua e kāohi ana i kēlā mau ʻano. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Prof. Ghaban i kāna pepa me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā laʻana o nā ʻāpana i mahalo ʻia a hoʻihoʻi ʻia i nā ʻāina kumu, e like me nā ʻāpana archaeological i lawe ʻia mai Yemen Arab Republic a me nā mea waiwai mai ka Repubalika o Iraq a me ʻAigupita.
E kamaʻilio ana ka hālāwai o ka makahiki aʻe i ka "Cultural tourism and antiquities" me ke koho ʻana i kāna mau keʻena kaulana mai nā ʻāina ʻo Bahrain, Tunisia, Sudan, Suria, Lebanona a me Yemen.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka ʻaha kūkā e SCTA me ka hui pū ʻana me ka Arab League Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The conference which was held under the theme, “Illegal excavations and illicit trade in antiquities,” recommended in its closing session that Arab countries establish a digital record of their antiquities and ensure exchange of experiences across the Arab world to document architectural heritage.
- The conference also stressed the importance of cooperation between international organizations and member countries to recover the stolen antiquities taken abroad, as well as provide special assistance to Kuwait to retrieve its relics lost during the gulf war, in addition to highlighting the damage that Gaza’s cultural heritage has undergone.
- Ghaban presented a paper in which he addressed the definition and categories of illegal excavations, such as digging for alleged treasures, digging for artifacts, quarrying archaeological sites for reuse, and damaging archaeological sites for the purpose of construction or for urban and agricultural expansion.
